Informix and ResultSet.getTimestamp()

I can't get the ResultSet.getTimestamp(int, Calendar) method to do what I expect it to do. I expect the time in the database (which is stored without any timezone info, but is intended to be in UTC) to be reflected in the following code fragment. Unfortunately, it seems as if adding the Calendar argument is doing the same thing as the ResultSet.getTimestamp(int) method. It is reading the time from the database and making it my local time instead of UTC. So it ends up 4 or 5 hours off (depending on time of year). Example: The time in the database is 2003-08-04 03:00:00 UTC, but it comes back as 2003-08-04 03:00:00 EDT.

Am I missing something, or is this a known problem? I have a workaround, which is to get the Timestamp as a String and parse it using SimpleDateFormat. I haven't checked the Daylight Saving Time extremes, yet though. I have other workarounds, but I don't want to have to use them. See the following code fragment to see what I am talking about.